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On the way home from dropping my daughter at work this morning I decided to stop a local town park to get a shot of the ceiling of the gazebo that is there to fulfill the challenge for today. While I was shooting a man came up and sat down in the gazebo. After saying good morning and explaining that he was waiting for someone he asked what I was taking a picture of. I told him that I was interested in the ceiling of the gazebo. He asked why so I said I like the lines and pattern of the ceiling. He agreed. Turns out he is a photo buff too and we continued our conversation about photography. It ended with him saying that he would like to come back to get shot of the ceiling too. It is nice to run into someone once in a while who understands what you are doing rather than giving you a weird look. Taken with a Canon S3IS.
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The Unitarian Memorial Church
Fairhaven, Massachusetts
December 19th, 2014
I was lucky enough to me invited to spend the afternoon inside one of the town of Fairhaven's most iconic structures, the Unitarian Memorial Church. The first image seen here is not of the church but of the stage in the adjacent building's auditorium that is connected to the church. There is not a single inch inside these buildings that there isn't a feast for the eyes.
Many, many images to follow, stay tuned.
Some history of the church in general:
"The Unitarian Memorial Church in Fairhaven Massachusetts was built, financed and donated to the Unitarians in 1904 by Henry H. Rogers in memory of his mother, Mary Eldredge Huttleston. The architects Brigham, Coveney and Bisbee of Boston designed this church in the 15th century Gothic perpendicular style.
The Unitarian Memorial Church is one hundred fourteen feet in height, one hundred feet long in body and fifty-three feet wide. The nave is thirty-two feet wide and seventy-one feet long. The main aisle is sixty-two feet long and six feet wide.
The church, parish house and former parsonage (now Harrop Center) of the Unitarian Society are so placed as to form three sides of a quadrangle, set among well-kept lawns and shrubbery.
Granite (locally quarried) with Indiana limestone decorative carvings dominate the exterior while marble and limestone carvings dominate the interior. All stonework artistry was created by forty-five Italian craftsmen brought to Fairhaven by Rogers."
SOURCE: unitarianmemorialchurch.org/
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The choir ceiling at Carlisle Cathedral features a stunning 14th-century timber barrel vault, famously restored and painted in 1853 by Owen Jones. The ceiling is painted deep blue and decorated with over 2,000 gold stars and celestial symbols, following the original medieval design. It was last repainted in 1970.
Morrison Library, UCBerkeley.
I don't believe this is true "running plaster", as this room was created in the 1920s to resemble an old English mansion. But I'll see what I can learn about it.
Lichfield Cathedral, 2011.
An earlier set from Lichfield - www.flickr.com/photos/petezab/sets/72157624963696975/